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First NYC Ferry in the Water in the Big Apple

New York school students. Lunch Box is the ? rst vessel in a ? eet of 26 meter catamaran ferries commissioned by

Hornblower Cruises to form NYC Ferries, a government initiative to bring an affordable, city-wide ferry network to the Big Apple. Over the coming year, the ? eet will grow to some 20 vessels and the network will grow to 6 routes. A concession stand offers food and beverage service to com- muters, who will also be connected by free onboard wi? and

Incat Crowther announced the christening of the ? rst supported by multiple device charging stations. The vessel ferry in NYC Ferry’s ? eet, as a subsequent pair of vessels will be one of the cleanest operating in American waters, arrives in New York. The ? rst vessel has been christened with ef? cient Tier 3 certi? ed main engines, dry exhausts,

Lunch Box, following a naming competition held amongst and vinyl coating in lieu of toxic solvent-based paints.

The 26 meter Catamaran at a Glance ….

Length Overall: 85’ 4” Draft (hull): 3’ 4” Engines: 2x Baudouin 6M26.3 P3 rated

Length Waterline: 80’ 5” Draft (prop): 6’ 1” Generators: 2 x R.A. Mitchell

Beam Overall: 26’ 3” Depth: 8’ 10” Fuel Oil: 1500 gallons

Speed (Max): 27 knots Crew: 2 Passengers: 150

Gladding-Hearn Delivers Fifth Vessel to Circle Line

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered the second of three new sightseeing vessels for Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, Inc., in New York

City. This follows the shipyard’s delivery of three sister ships to the company in 2009. Like the earlier vessels, the new 599-passenger all-steel vessel, designed by DeJong and Lebet, N.A., in Jacksonville, Fla., measures 165 feet in length and features a 34-foot beam. With a top speed of 14 knots, the vessel is powered by twin Cummins QSK- powered by an electric motor. Two 140 kW generators 38M1 diesel engines, delivering a total of 2600 hp and supply the ship’s service power. The vessel carries 8,200 connected to ZF W3355 gear boxes, spinning 60-inch, gallons of fuel and 4,000 gallons of potable water. Heating 5-bladed bronze propellers. For dockside maneuvering, and air-conditioning are supplied by a 278,000 Btu diesel- the vessel is equipped with a 125 hp Wesmar bow thruster, ? red boiler and four 15-ton water-cooled chillers.

Leland, Michigan Takes Dredging into Own Hands ten with funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). In fact, Leland Harbor has had to dredge its har- bor mouth and channel 49 times in the last 53 years. With federal funding for the job drying up, the community took matters into their own hands and purchased a new 10-inch

Wolverine Class cutter suction hydraulic dredge, manufac- tured at DSC Dredge’s Greenbush, Michigan, facility. Taking

Leland, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan, is delivery of its Wolverine Dredge in mid-April 2017, a crew one of the jewel communities of the state’s Northern Lower of Leland township employees received full training over the

Peninsula. For many decades, the harbor contracted dredg- next week, so that they can now rely upon their own resourc- ing services to keep the marina clear at permitted depths, of- es – at a minimal annual cost – to keep the harbor cleared.

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